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Usain Bolt to play in Soccer Aid

TOPSHOT - Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses after taking third in the final of the men's 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London S
Image: Usain Bolt will take part in the Soccer Aid UNICEF match at Old Trafford in June

Eight-time Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt will play in Soccer Aid later this year.

The 31-year-old announced on Sunday that he was signing for a football team and South African outfit Mamelodi Sundowns hinted it was them by posting a picture on Twitter a day later.

But it was revealed on Tuesday morning that Bolt, who hung up his spikes after the World Championships in London last year, will take part in the star-studded UNICEF match at Old Trafford on June 10.

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Bolt said: "It is my dream to make it as a professional footballer, so to be able to step out onto the pitch at Old Trafford in June, and play against some of football's biggest legends, is going to be remarkable."